Technology
The Format War is Over, Blu-ray Wins, Let’s All Head Home
I have been a supporter of HD-DVD for quite a while. I felt it offered the consumer more for their money, but now we need to stop beating a dead horse and call it a day. It all started with WB going Blu-ray exclusive a little over a month ago, that was bad news for [...]
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Do people still care about nature? With the rising popularity of television and video games, outdoor activities like camping and fishing are seeing a rapid decline. Sad.
Where does your candidate stand on the Real ID Act? The Real ID is a form of identification with RFID implanted to track everything you do and everywhere you [...]
I Wish It Didn’t Take a $10,000 PC to Play Crysis
I openly admit that, at times, I can be a graphics whore. When I first buy a new game, I often go look at the water, just to see if the developers put any time and effort into it. Sometimes that tells me if a game is even worth playing.
When the new consoles come out, [...]
Buyers Beware: Current Blu-ray Players Won’t Correctly Play Future Discs
I have been ranting and raving about this for months on the Project Silence Podcast, but no one seems to listen to, or even believe, me. Now that Blu-Ray rep’s have openly admitted it and The Consumerist has picked up on it, maybe people will finally listen: YOU PEOPLE ARE GETTING SCREWED ON BLU-RAY.
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Here’s a list of some interesting things around the web that I don’t have the time (or the cleverness) to write about more clearly:
Shuttles $199 Linux PC specifications, this thing actually looks cool, not that it would get me to use Linux.
50 Great Arcade cabinets. I really miss arcades.
Vast Cloud of Antimatter traced to Binary [...]
Bill Gates Admits Vista Sucks
In a candid interview with Gizmodo, Bill Gates pretty much owns up to the fact that Vista was rushed and unfinished. I guess now that his time is up at Microsoft, he’s more open about the company’s shortcomings.
WB Goes Blu-ray Exclusive: What Does It Really Mean?
When WB announced yesterday that they have officially drank the Blu-ray Kool-Aid and dumped HD-DVD support, it was a shock to the 3% of the market that has bought into the format war. Initial reaction consisted almost completely of, “HD-DVD is teh d00med, lol, lol”. WB claims no money changed hands, but rumors say anything [...]
Cloned Cats Glow in the Dark
Lol cats have nothing on these cloned felines:
South Korean scientists have cloned cats by manipulating a fluorescent protein gene, a procedure which could help develop treatments for human genetic diseases, officials said Wednesday.
In a side-effect, the cloned cats glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet beams.
Sometimes science scares me.
Source: Breitbart
Dell Dude Now A Waiter
To the shock and awe of absolutely no one, the, “Dell Dude” is now waiting tables at Tortilla Flats, while he waits for his band to take off. That seems about as likely as my web site taking off. Live the dream, buddy!
Source: NYMag
Apple Doesn’t Accept Cash for an iPhone?
Apparently, “this note is not legal tender for all debts public and private” at least as far as Apple is concerned. According to Yahoo news Apple will not accept cash as a form of payment for an iPhone, and will limit purchases to two iPhones per customer, “in a move to stop people from reselling [...]
